Date of source: Tuesday, January 13, 2004
For four concessive weeks, the issue of prohibiting wearing the hijab in French schools
occupied the Arabic press. Tens of articles have been published as to elucidate Chirac’s decision
from different aspects. On the one hand, few writers believe such decision is a French domestic
subject that...
Date of source: Friday, January 9, 2004
Most of the Egyptian papers
and magazines devoted full pages to congratulate Christians on Christmas. Christian and Muslim
writers believe that January 7 is considered a vivid exampleof Egyptian national unity.